A black man buying some of J. Morison's pills, hoping they will make him white. Coloured lithograph.

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"Massa doctor you tink I get more vite for taking you pills?" "Decidedly sir! about two thousand boxes more will without doubt render you as white as a lily!"

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A black man buying some of J. Morison's pills, hoping they will make him white. Coloured lithograph. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY